00:00Some whale watchers on Taiwan's east coast had a rare encounter with a pod of short-finned pilot whales peeking
00:06through the water.
00:07About 50 of them were spotted near a pier in the eastern county of Hualien in the past 48 hours.
00:13Short-finned pilot whales inhabit the deep-sea areas around Taiwan.
00:17While it's common to see them, it's rare to see their heads poking out of the water vertically, a behavior
00:22called spy hopping.
00:30That's why we think it's an interesting feeling. It's not a very clear way to say it's not a very
00:38clear way or purpose to do this activity.
00:41But that activity is really cute.
00:44Experts say now is the beginning of the season to watch for short-finned pilot whales, which appear along the
00:49east coast from May to October each year.
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